Ah, Ottoman-Portugal wars.. Probably the first global proxy war ever fought in such large scale in different regions across the world. Thanks for the remarkable documentary!
To be fair, if we are talking about the "known world", then I'd say the phoenician wars were also just that, it's just that known world to them was allot smaller
Watching Portugal being the first "Global Power" with possesions in Europe, América, África, Asia, and Oceanía in XVIth C. A small country with a huge History and spirit. The Masters of Navigation of the Age of Discoveries.
well... that is debatable, because the discover of the amazonas was the spaniard Ferdando de Orellana,, the discover of florida was Ponce de Leon, the discover of the mississippi river was Hernando de Soto and the discover of the whole pacific ocean was the spaniard Vasco Nuñez De Balboa... and Portugal is not the first global power... because africa was a "colony" of many empires like the persian, roman, or ottoman. The real first global empire was the spanish!!,, first to build churches, universities, banks and modern hospitals inside of the american continent, and first to build those things in the far east (philippines)... and Was the creator of the first international currency (the spanish dollar) , your portuguese currency was so irrelevant. In this moment Madrid is richer than Lisboa and the Spanish language is more famous and important than the portuguese, and your Cristiano Ronaldo is famous around the world thanks to the Spanish league, the opposite would have been if he had stayed in lisboa.
@@xavierrealmadrid7420 It’s not debatable, it’s a fact. The guy mentioned “the first global power” and Portugal was indeed the first global super power. The Portuguese had territories all around the globe long before Léon y Castilla did. And if the Portuguese are so bad why are you trying to prove that you’re better on a TH-cam video when no one even asked? Haha, Aljubarrota sempre! 1385 !
@@xavierrealmadrid7420 Spain built modern hospitals? When my friend played basketball in Spain he got sick badly enough to be hospitalized .He joked about the chickens that ran thru it. Modern indeed
@@memoli1524 Oh well, they always stood their ground because they knew that turning their backs would make them easy targets against the white background, that's why.
For any language enthusiasts, 03:00 Upper script is Turkish written in Ottoman alphabet: transliterates as "Selam arkadaşlarım!" which means "Hello, my friends!" Lower script is Indonesian written in Jawi alphabet: transliterates as "Salam saudara jauh!" which probably means "Hello, far away friends!" Thank for the like! I love watching your documentaries!
As an historian and portuguese citizen i obvioulsy feel pride on these feats, but its very interesting how much is NOT taught at school, they end up only teaching a very skewed cliché view of what happened, thank you for telling both sides of the story, wins and losses.
lndeed! We are barely thought anything compared to this, only about our victories its increadibly satisfying to learn about the full picture and what really happened. Thank you a lot for this increadible documentary
You underestimate your people! Portugal alliance with England did give them momentum on sea fares, all humans in general contributed to our advances. Although, trade as a source of an income were the main Portugal interest in sea voyages! It was indeed a turn in events for so many nations to follow scheme. Spain, Dutch and England did the same! Be proud and teach others about your own!
That's true, but what is often overlooked is that sometimes talented generals lead rebellions. If someone is less loyal, then them being talented may endanger the country by making it more likely that the talented general may seek to gain power.
@@greywolf7577 Well quality needs to be maintained. Like maintaining a good sword. If you treat your best employee like shit despite their talents and achievements then don't be shocked if they suddenly become a nuisance or move to a rival company with their experience and expertise along with them.
This is old, but yeah as another guy said talented generals lead rebellions. You need to be talented and loyal at the same time. If there's a risk of someone being disloyal, that's more dangerous than an unskilled general, as now there is risk both from the inside and the outside (he changes sides).
@@TheMrgoodmanners yea it’s crazy to think that 1 warship right now could have ended every fleet from those ages I can’t imagine in 100 years what new warships and bombs we will have
@@think9747 no man you are wrong, Portugal was literally at war with everyone for the Spice Trade; Spain, England, Morrocco, Turkey, India, South Asia, Netherlands, Venice, Belgium, Even South African nations, many more.
Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean, in 1535, the most powerful ship in the world, the giant Portuguese galleon known as Botafogo, spearheaded the Spanish emperor Charles V's conquest of Ottoman-held Tunis, by breaking the chains protecting the harbour's entrance with its spur ram and opening fire on La Goletta with its several hundred cannons.
See Wiki for São João Baptista (galleon) and Conquest of Tunis (1535). I wonder how many Brazilian football fans know the origin of their Botafogo football club... ;^)
It's crazy that people watch pirate movies and see those muiltileveled ships layered with canons and have no idea it was that small forgotten country that designed them PORTUGAL
Great content. Congrats. Now the turks and us are finally friends. But history is to be remember. Please do more videos with our beloved Portugal ❤️🇵🇹🙏
19:16 It was not an "annexation" into Spain. First of all, "Spain" didn't really exist as a political entity, they were two crowns (Castile and Aragon) and their respective kingdoms. Portugal was inherited by the Habsburg monarch, making Portugal another of the Crowns held by that monarch. Anexation implies the territory of Portugal became part of another crown (in this case, the Crown of Castile), this wasn't the case, the Crown of Portugal remained its own political entity, as another holding of the Habsburg monarch.
They royally fucked us either way Might as well have annexed us and rather than a empire in shambles we'd have a united south america and the power to repel the perfidious anglo inb4 muh 1588 Fleets sink, they lost by the whims of the wind and the sea not because of the crown
BS Ricardo. The political centre of Habsburg was Spain and Philip II was the supreme ruler. Is time we Portuguese just accept we were dominated by Spain during 60 year (1580-1640). We don´t need to spice it up things
@@VideoDepot999 No it was not "Spain", it was the Crown of Castile, the primary title of the Habsburg monarch and the junior partner of the Union. It is time we all stop using 21st century concepts of nationality in a 16th century context. The people from the Crown of Aragón were not considered the same people as those from the Crown of Castile, they didn't abide the same laws and had different administrations. There was never a Spanish nationality or a Spain country until the Decrees of Nueva Planta in 1716, which merged the two crowns into a single country: Spain. The Habsburg monarch also did NOT rule in absolutist fashion. It was a parliamentary Monarchy and its constituent crowns we governed by proxy by vice-roys, including the Crown of Portugal, which never ceased to exist.
This is really exciting for me. as I am from Lakshadweep islands of Indian Ocean, one of the stages of the war. One of my forefather was killed by Portuguese in Kalpeni island and have his tomb in our juma masjid. And my father who is a historian himself identified two gold coins belonging to Sulaiman the magnificent from one of the unidentified tombs in a local masjid in Agatti island when they were renovating some 35 yrs back and speculated to be one martyr of ottoman fleet buried there as it is Islamic tradition to bury them with their blood stained dress as an honor, so the coin in his waist belt would have been intact and to be found later in the waist area. He had the imprint of tat in his book, : Kalpeni island History, People and culture.
I've been seeing references to the Ottoman global aspirations in many historical channels, so had a hunch this was coming, more so because there wasn't much to find about it yet. Thank you for delivering!
My favorite part of ottoman history is how much global reach they had. It’s an unfortunately common belief that only European nations had any sort of influence outside their home region
@@ggkphilosophy a small Iberian kingdom that had a head start in the Indian Ocean, made tons of wealth through colonizing and enslaving people and then you have the factor that portugal's enemies at the time were basically Morocco and Ottomans, while the ottomans were up against Spain, Portugal, Safavids, Austria, Poland-Lithuania and every major European country.. So,, it's logical to lose more, but they achieved other successes though
@@ismailseyam3244 Westerners say Napoleon was hard to beat cause it took 7 coalitions while calling the Ottomans weak, when in reality almost every war against the Ottomans till the mid 18th century was a coalition war, with a dozen german states, Poland Lithuania, Austria, Hungary, Russia all banding together to fight the Turks...... What's even more amazing is that, despite all of this, The Ottomans outlived all their traditional rivals - the Safavids Shahs, the Russian Tsars, the Habsburgs Emperors, The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, The Portuguese Monarchy.......... pretty impressive damn
@@nayeemhaider8367 That is a bad comparison given that most ottoman wars also included ottoman coalitions Against the Muscovites and Poland-Lithuania they used their Crimean Tatar allies Against Portugal their indian and african allies Against the Habsburg France as their traditional european ally And against Spain the Barbary Coast as their allies
Turks, mogols, Portuguese and Spanish,, they deserve respect in the history of war..the beginning of the fall of the Ottoman Empire was undoubtedly the naval wars he fought with the Spanish and Portuguese
I swear that this channel fills in the blanks of all the periods in history that were too complicated to learn in a linier path...I owe you a great deal of personal thanks for making History fun to learn about!!!
I'm gonna have to say, this videos were quite biased in favor of the ottomans. The video ends with "the ottomans remained the dominant trading power in the Indian ocean" that was not the case, they were restricted to the read sea and pirating the north-eastern coast of Africa, Portugal was the dominant power hence why more ottoman-portuguese wars ensued.
Only 1,000,000 Portuguese, at that time. Small country with very big balls .. away from home and munching ottomans and friends !! They forget to mention the numbers of soldiers who made defenses and battles, because these numbers are of the greatest importance. Viva Portugal
First video of 2021 let’s go baby. I will miss the Ottoman-Portuguese wars videos as they really opened my eyes as to how far across the world these two superpowers fought each other.
There is an error in the video. Portugal was never annexed to Spain. There was a Dynastic Union, two countries, the same king. When Filipe III of Portugal, IV of Spain, tried to annex Portugal, it brought the Portuguese Restoration War.
@@VideoDepot999 that's not how it works. Having the same head of state does not make 2 nations become one. Canada, Australia and England share the same head of state, are they the same nation? Of course not. One thing to point out that is often overlooked is that Portugal was so independent firm the other kingdoms in the union that they even had different diplomatic status. For instance in the 80s war Portugal remained neutral with the Netherlands well into the union, even trading with the Netherlands while Castille was at war with them. Hardly makes sense that one nation is both at war and openly trading with another nation
@@VideoDepot999 Philip the 2nd of Spain was more Portuguese than Spanish. He was the son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel daughter of Manuel the 1st of Portugal. Philip the 2nd was also born not in Spain but in Flanders. So I think that Portugal had always Portuguese Kings
@@manuellopes6913 That "union" as you call started with the invasion of Portugal by Phillip II order in 1580 and the Portuguese defeat in the battle of Alcantara. The technical term for that is "conquest". Yes the Portugal had great autonomy but just to avoid rebellions. But it had to join some spanish wars and the best example is the atempt to invade England in 1588 and as you know England was traditionally a Portuguese ally. The Dutch attacked Portugal oversees considering we are a territory ruled by Spain.
My neighbor has a Portuguese Podengo, so "Ottoman-Portuguese war" immediately makes me imagine said dog getting into a fight with said neighbor's footrest.
@@doraorak The same reason we refer to some American birds as "Turkeys". We like to sometimes name things after the name of countries where we have seen similar things.
@Matro25 Okay, fine. But the word "Turk" has been around for several centuries. I still think that the turkey was named because it looked similar to a bird that lived near the Turks.
As a Goan, I'm proud to be part of Portuguese history. One of the greatest and longest lasting empires to have existed. Portugal may have left us politically, but they are alive in our hearts. Somos Portuguese! 🇵🇹
If Salazar would've been a bit more amicable in his dealings with India then perhaps things would've ended a bit more smoothly like Macau but unfortunately things had to happen the way did .
@@porothashawarma2339 In our opinion, things should never ended. Instead of Goa ending up like Macão - peacefully semi-merging with China, Goa could exist as French Guiana - an integral part of France
@@aldrintoscano that my friend is a pipe dream , who has power is the one who ultimately controls the land . Portugal had it 500 years ago , now they do not and so they do not have the land either . It was never their’s to begin with . This area is one of the most prized to begin with geographically , I do not see how comparing it to some poor corner of South America warrants a justification.
@@porothashawarma2339 Firstly, Portugal did not just have it 500 years ago. They had it as recently 60 years ago. Secondly, it was theirs for over 450 years. That time frame is longer than the existence of even India (a country which is only 75 years old). Lastly, the area of Goa and Damão and Diu only became uniquely "prized", because of the Portuguese. The Portuguese improved the land and made it better than the rest of the Konkan. Conclusion: Goa is better than India, thanks to the Portuguese. India want to eradicate that greatness and turn Goa into an uneducated* slum, like itself. (*I said uneducated, not illiterate)
Great video Kings and Generals. Great summary (but also good details) of a vast conflict in terms of space and time (and condensing it into the video time). Very good. I especially liked to see it more from the Ottoman point of view (and I have Portuguese origin). Maybe one of these days you'll show a little more the Portuguese perspective also and other details of these wars.Through your documentaries, it would be with the excellence of always. I have been intending to donate to the channel for a long, long time. Long before these later videos, since my curiosity was accentuated in antiquity and also in the medieval ones (and Central Asia, which I knew less, and which I had read less, as well as customs and peoples), this channel being an excellent window that I longed for to perceive them. As I am a rare case in the West of not making payments via the Internet, etc. to see if I solve this gap.
Keep in mind, the Portuguese were microscopic in territory and population and wealth compared to the Ottoman Empire. AND, they were orders of magnitude further away. Logistics matter! The fact that their presence in the Indian Ocean survived at all is amazing.
I did see some guns of that time and they where superior technology compared to the ottomans example metal of superior quality and cannons that fire and reload faster
@@heldercardoso8552 I have always suspected a somewhat superior technology...it is the only thing that helps to explain the results of these contests. However, as I believe Stalin explained, numbers have their own quality. The Ottomans NEVER were able to effectively manage their numerical superiority.
Portugal has been established in Indian Ocean longer than Ottomans. Ottomans recently acquired ports in Indian ocean, and their main navy was in Mediterranean fighting (and winning) against catholic alliances between Spain, Venice, Genoa, Papal state and so on. Imagine Ottomans building forts on Indian coasts and Portugal trying to take them, that would have been an impossible task.
Play historically, rival Spain and try to conquer most Centers of Trade in Africa and the Indian ocean. Don't just ally Spain and colonise America the whole game, that's the noob and boring way to play Portugal. Dump those Expansion ideas and get some Maritime, Navy or Quality ideas.
Portugal, CARALHO!!! Still in our anthem we cheer the " Heroes of the sea,/ Noble people,/ Brave nation,/ Imortal!". Achievements like these echoes through the ages to testify these are not words of ocasion. Very, very proud of my Portuguese ancestors, who managed to conquer and to resist against overwhelming odds!
18:19 The port city of Mocha (Al-Makha) is where the original Mocha coffee came from. The trade of coffee beans was so lucrative and it was introduced to Turkey and the rest of the world through Yemen.
An additional comment: I think K&G, even though very accurate, as usual, You were quite generous with the Ottomans, since in total, they only gained access in the Red Sea, remaining blocked (except for rare disruptions or some military expeditions - not being intercepted in the case - and most subtle fugitive merchant trade that has ever been flowing throght out the century, but decisive), at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, much of the coast of India, between India and Ceylon and the Malacca Strait, all owned by the Portuguese. But this is relative in the discussion of historians (and about the scale of trade numbers), and we are often dominated by a Western prejudice, which is viewed as totally dominated by the Portuguese, replaced by a total dominance by the Dutch and then by the English and the British Empire (despite French and others attempts and participation. And we know it wasn't like that, as you shows us very well in the documentary. A problem to the Ottomans: with the exception of a few galleons (despite excellent war galleys that were the heart of their navy in both seas - the galleasses were mostly in the Mediterranean) still clashed (despite their immense power in the Mediterranean and, less, but increasingly in the Red Sea and Basra), with a technological disadvantage in this confrontation in terms of armament and navigation in the high seas, Portugal had innovated for the first time in history in this scale and strengthened its means in these aspects (size and advanced shipbuilding - and mass eavy gunnery in galleons and naus (thoug with many light galleys and oarboats involved on regional armadas as support), and would increase even more in the future with other Europeans. And the Ottomans faced many fronts (Portugal also, and concerted attacks in a geographical space, which was almost historically unprecedented, in the Indian Ocean, besides its bases under siege in North Africa (Morocco) and the corsairs in the Atlantic and west); but the Ottomans had the huge European front and the Iranian one. Although they were masters in managing peace on one side and offensive effort on the other one, depending on the moment.
@*Angelscor* Yes thanks. Great your insight on Piri Reis. I have a curiosity / or fascination for him. And about Lepanto, yes. The Ottomans have indeed been defeated on the larger majority of occasions (or detained) in thse wars, but for the reasons I am referring to, and you, too, pointing out, and in the context I am referring to (the truth of their immense military power in the world is no way at stake, or their large achievements as K&G put well), but with some deficiencies, and in the context that we know, and that several historians point out. They even had to end up holding Yemen and the Gulf of Adem, because in the rest of the Indian Ocean, the Portuguese armadas still reigned (with the effort and long gradual weakness of cost for the Portuguese), resorting to Corso activity, the last Ottoman great resource (with all its power, problems, and many fronts). In fact, the few large military expeditions at the beginning (against Diu in India, for example) sought, and with intelligence, to avoid any Portuguese naval interception, and evacuated the siege, to any news of their proximity. The exceptions were the attacks in the Persian Gulf, because the local coast fleets were lighter (But the presence of a galleon like St. John was enough to create chaos in the Ottoman side, as the presence of more ocean-going shpis, but mostly in open sea). And there, too, they experienced the incapacity of these attacks and a greater disaster. It looks like an incredible "feat" of Portugal (and it even is), but using rationality, this has context and an explanation. In the 17th century Portugal is much more debilitated in naval terms, much more, the long sieges no longer get maritime assistance in time (mostly), and for example, in the case of the Strait of Hormuz, it was the Safavids with the English (mostly Portuguese allies, this was an exception) to take, after a long siege (1622), as Barhain; and the Omanites , more easily (Portuguese retreat and abandon) in 1650s from Oman. It's not even more the Ottoman Empire, which has its own problems.
Any way, these are comments (constructive, I hope), and subject to criticism. I only have compliments for Kings & Generals, I think this channel - these (so many) videos, are incredible. Huge quality, in all aspects. Amazing doc. this one also.I am super grateful as a viewer. It is not being politically correct, it is having gratitude. And I've seen many more in recent times. About this, TV documentaries (rare), other than books (about the Ottomans), do not show us all the court and recources implications and its influence in military campaigns, like K&G do.
One million Portuguese are enough to conquer the world. See to believe. It is incredible that the world only now perceives and reports. Great nation, it doesn't need to be boasted, because the truth always comes out...
Love it. Awesome, accurate and well made videos. Could you do about the Battle of Cochin (1504)? It's the most remarkable Portuguese victory in my opinion. Thank you in advance.
As a Brazilian i really love to learn about Portugal's history, but it would be cool if you guys covered some conflicts here in Brazil, like the french invasions or the Paraguay war, much love to you, love the content!
A great video again. Little details always show you are doing a fantastic job. In 3:01 the writings in Arabic alphabet are actually in Turkish truly capturing the Ottoman way of writing. Hamad says; Selam Arkadaşlarım(Hello my Friends!)
Ottoman : we might have good chance of making money with already Islamic Indian kingdoms Portugal : we have superior navy and good allaince , we might make big bucks outta India British EIC : OOGGA BOOGA BENGAL , LET's TRADE
Portuguese were early in Indian Ocean, there were already many Portuguese fortresses built when Ottomans conquered Egypt and acquired ports for Indian Ocean.
You think this channel belongs to some historians or someshit? They are bunch of film makers. Their medium being youtube or means being animation doesn't make them historians.
@@utouchmytralalalalala3899 no but they are funded by dem patreon $$$ and patrons don't have a say in your script nor do you need to please them with cool flashy stories extra sensetionalized to get a wider audience. This is why the history channel died. On youtube you can just tell history. You don't have to sell it. Military history visualized for example. Deadpan austrian delivery and yet it's fascinating because he actual reads the primary sources and doesn't quote a book written based on a book based on a book based on a primary source. That sort of stuff would never exist in big flashy cinematic history channel style stuff. Too much money going to the cinematics part of the documentary and not the actual damn content
@@Newidhan "no but they are funded by dem patreon $$$ and patrons don't have a say in your script nor do you need to please them with cool flashy stories extra sensetionalized to get a wider audience" Oh, that's very cute and naive of you fam.
@@utouchmytralalalalala3899 yes and I'd say they are also biased on many occasions, not exactly neutral when narrating a given historical event. I've seen many of their videos on the Ottoman empire and on many occasions they don't bother telling us about Ottoman sources and most everything is brought up from a European perspective. Even stuff that appear as if they are in the Ottoman perspective aren't exactly so and are just European perceptions of the Ottoman perspective.
19:19 Spain didn't annex Portugal. They formed a union, the Iberian Union. Both shared the same king, but in the end Portugal was still pretty much a seperate kingdom from Castile and Aragon, having its own laws, nobility, and courts. 1 King 2 Kingdoms kind of system.
@@rimlandrealist7679 If you could remain from spreading misinformation, I would appreciate it. Battles were indeed fought, but not in the way you're imagining it. You have to understand that the whole situation was more of an internal conflict than anything else. Portugal was divided between those who supported Philip, and the ones who didn't. For example, a lot of nobles and the most powerful House in Portugal, the House of Braganza, actually sided with Philip and were in favor of the Iberian Union. Some were not, which led to those conflicts. The person who wanted to contest the throne was not even supported by the Portuguese themselves. Either way, you really should find a dictionary and search the word "annex"/"annexation". A good example of this was the occupation of Austria during WW2. When it came to the Iberian Union, the following condition had to be met for Portugal to join the union. Courts of Tomar (1581) state the following: 1 - Respect all the liberties, privileges, uses, and traditions of the Portuguese Monarchy, maintaining Portugal's total sovereignty over its Kingdom and Empire; 2 - Always gather courts in Portugal and maintain all Portuguese laws; 3 - Both positions of Viceroy or Governor of Portugal should be held by Portuguese or members of the royal family; 4 - All of the foreseen positions for the Court and general administration of the Kingdom would always be filled by Portuguese; 5 - The Portuguese could also occupy public functions in Castile; 6 - Trade with India and Guinea could only be done by the Portuguese (respecting the Treaty of Tordesillas); 7 - City and village titles could not be granted to non-Portuguese; 8 - The language in all the official documents and acts would continue to be only in Portuguese; 9 - Every year, two hundred new houses would be created (wages that were delivered to the gentlemen from the age of twelve) and the Queen should always have Portuguese noble ladies as their nobles; 10 - The crown prince, D. Diogo, would be maintained and educated in Portugal; 11 - The Castilian garrisons would be withdrawn and the royal arms of Portugal would be preserved in the currency. So as you can see, it was not an annexation but a Union much like the United Kingdom. The first Philips did respect Portuguese autonomy and all the conditions above. But when Philip IV tried to actually ANNEX the Kingdom of Portugal and eradicate all of the Portuguese nobility, it led to the Restauration War which Portugal won.
@@rimlandrealist7679 "You are lecturing a POrtuguese about portuguese History?" I'm also Portuguese you dimwit. Besides, probably unlike you, I have a Master's in History that I took during my years studying at the University of Coimbra. I never said that the Union was something everyone wanted, the people certainly were not fond of it. But like I mentioned before, a lot of Portuguese nobles were in favor of the Union. Not to mention that Philip himself was of Portuguese descent. You were the one calling it an annexation, which is ridiculously wrong. If they annexed Portugal, they wouldn't feel the need to call it a Union and just absorb it into Castile like what happened to Galicia and Leon. Portugal had pretty much the same status as Aragon (if not more autonomous), which was still a separate Kingdom from Castile. People do tend to forget that Spain as we know it has only existed since the XVIII century after the War of Spanish Succession which conciliated everything in what today we know as 'Spain'. "Idiot" No need to get aggressive you smartass.
Would really love to see the you guys do a video on the Battle of Cochin. How 100 Portuguese guys beat a army of 80K :b Keep going with the videos, good job guys.
Some corrections please, I know for non Indians, these may not seem much, but trust me, as an Indian, these mistakes really mess up the history of the subcontinent, especially in context of the Mughal expansion and wars, which due to these mistakes would make no sense. So here goes: You have misplaced a lot of states, for example Mewar is not between Amber and the Sur Empire. Mewar was the second largest Rajput state, nestled between Jodhpur, Malwa and Gujarat. Secondly, you have placed Bikaner in Punjab and Haryana, this Rajpit state was west of Jodhpur, not north east. . Thirdly, in the south you have brushed off the Kerala states of Travancore and the Samudrin, the latter had been one of the main rivals of the Portuguese. Lastly, there was no sovereign Chandella king in the north, they had been destroyed by the Delhi Sultans way back during the 13th century.
The Portuguese empire persisted well into 1950s. They hold Diu, Goa, and other territories in India, as well as Malacca in South East Asia for 400 years. That would be considered a successful empire, I think. If only they had the sense to unite with Brazil and not treating that territory as second class in the empire, they might have become a great power.
Portugal did well but realistically they had a small military and population compared to a superpower like the Ottomans. The fact they did as well as they did is amazing, but really they could never have kept it going once their opponents caught up.
@@ongkhuongduy3498 Brazil was a treated as equal part of the kingdom in the later years "United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves"as it was called. When the Napoleonic France invaded Portugal the royal court moved to Brazil and lead to Brazil to experience a great progress and evolution. Brazil independence was inevitable sooner or latter it was going to happen.
@@Toniblast Portugal to me seems like a big what if type of country. A lot scenarios look plausible and yet when you put one and one together they all look ludicrous at the same time. Imagine a maritime world domination by a coutry with a small population surownded by bigger and stronger rivals. Crazy
@@Toniblast That is true, but one of the reasons for our independence was that the portuguese back in Europe wanted to revoke Brazil's status and divide it further in order to subjugate it again to Portugal.
@@eagleboy8417 you dident Conqer ,anything ,just a dying ghost ,the Byzantines just finish the reconquest of mainland from Frank's ,and still facing Albanian raid tribes in the West ,Serbs and Bulgarians ,in the North ,And Venician in several places ,just about the Time ,Zeus plan?Ottomans under the leadership of Evrenos Pasha from a A Famous Greek Family of MAsia converted to Islam ,drops the Agean and Conqer slowly all Balcans,That gave to the Greeks the think they dident have before TIME the abandoned the cities and build ,villages in the mountain s ,making no tot less that 200 conflicts against the Ottomans from 1461 to 1821 when first ..became independent in all Ottoman empire ,Google battles of Greek war of independence ,Or videos on TH-cam with title Greek Turkish naval battles or ,the one with title Greek pirates and you will enjoy it ,Happy New year now
@@shadmanhasan1931 The first one is in Malay written in Jawi script that says: Salam Saudara Jauh “Greetings long distance brothers” - and the second one is in Osmanlıca that says: Selam Arkadaşlarım “Greetings my fellow friends.”
@Ahmet Sakızcı what is Isis then.And this drama of erdogan wanting to re-establish the ottoman empire.These things are in your face,people aren't stupid
@@naiad5043 well could have been like the handover of Macau to China, but at the time Portugal lived in a dictatorship and the Portuguese did developed a lot of Goa and today is the second most rich region of India
@@TheLocalLt true, some indians had supported the Japanese invasion and that's all. But there was still some kind of resistance starting from 1857. But I largely agree with you.
PLEASE LET THE OTTOMAN WARS CONTİNUE. Siege of Kût-ül-amâre 🇹🇷 Siege of Plevna 🇹🇷 Siege of Kerestzes 🇹🇷 Ottoman Venetian Wars 🇹🇷 Siege of Nagykanizsa 🇹🇷 Good Luck Kings And Generals ⚔️👑💪
The Attention to details is amazing in this video, "Khandesh" Region which is marked in Western India is where I live. And the location is very accurate, along with the area.
Ottoman Empire have Very Strong Influence In Nusantara or Modern Indonesia 🇮🇩 , Malaysia 🇲🇾 Singapore 🇸🇬 and Brunei 🇧🇳 especially In Sumatra Island and Java Island at That Time
Would love and appreciate to see videos on the Sultanate of Malacca or Aceh or the Empires of the Malay Archipelego, thank you for the works and videos you have posted
If you do that, the best man will overtake you. It might be great now that we have faceless and impersonal corporations where talent and ability will mean you get to rise to the top without any consequences but for people on political courts, this often meant lethal consequences.
The Treaty of Tordesillas referred only to the lands in the American continent, in Asia it was the best for the themselves. The English were long time allies of Portugal, and their first possessions in Asia were grants they got from Portugal through royal marriages. All these others you mentioned were irrelevant mavericks who left no lasting mark.
Fun fact: The Bahraanids were the first Indian rulers to establish diplomatic contacts with the Ottomans. Later on they were followed by the Muslim rulers of Gujarat and after them by the Mughals. The relations were also established by the Nizam of Hyderabad, Tipu Sultan of Mysore and the Nawab of Arcot, Even during the British occupation of India, there were bilatera l exchanges of diplomatic missions between India and the Ottoman Empire
I'm Kerala( mentioned in this video) from South India. There was a great Admiral of the King of Calicut, Kunjali Marakkar IV , he defeated the Portuguese navy at many occasions. I wish Kings and Generals made a video about him but I don't think there are any evidences left about him.
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Make a video on 39 minutes war!!
Please make a video on the Assyrian Empire
I really enjoyed the expression of the events and the animations. Thank you for your job.
I would like a video about Mongol invasion of Java
Edit :I hope you read my comment 😀
Can you make a video about Jomsvikings?
Ah, Ottoman-Portugal wars.. Probably the first global proxy war ever fought in such large scale in different regions across the world. Thanks for the remarkable documentary!
To be fair, if we are talking about the "known world", then I'd say the phoenician wars were also just that, it's just that known world to them was allot smaller
@@abisrizvi2621 Are you talking about the punic wars? If so, it didn't really seem proxy, right?
@@juandelacruz4679 it was. The carthaginians supported carthago-phoencian setteled colonists against the Greeks in Sicily and other islands.
@@hia5235 they didn't neither did the Ottomans scored a victory it is a stalemate.
@@hia5235 Neither Portugal nor Ottomans were managed to knock out their rivals sphere of influence in the asia, so it was a stelamate.
Watching Portugal being the first "Global Power" with possesions in Europe, América, África, Asia, and Oceanía in XVIth C. A small country with a huge History and spirit. The Masters of Navigation of the Age of Discoveries.
well... that is debatable, because the discover of the amazonas was the spaniard Ferdando de Orellana,, the discover of florida was Ponce de Leon, the discover of the mississippi river was Hernando de Soto and the discover of the whole pacific ocean was the spaniard Vasco Nuñez De Balboa... and Portugal is not the first global power... because africa was a "colony" of many empires like the persian, roman, or ottoman. The real first global empire was the spanish!!,, first to build churches, universities, banks and modern hospitals inside of the american continent, and first to build those things in the far east (philippines)... and Was the creator of the first international currency (the spanish dollar) , your portuguese currency was so irrelevant. In this moment Madrid is richer than Lisboa and the Spanish language is more famous and important than the portuguese, and your Cristiano Ronaldo is famous around the world thanks to the Spanish league, the opposite would have been if he had stayed in lisboa.
@@xavierrealmadrid7420 okay dude, you don't need to shit on the others to make yourself feel better... So annoying
@@xavierrealmadrid7420 It’s not debatable, it’s a fact. The guy mentioned “the first global power” and Portugal was indeed the first global super power. The Portuguese had territories all around the globe long before Léon y Castilla did. And if the Portuguese are so bad why are you trying to prove that you’re better on a TH-cam video when no one even asked?
Haha, Aljubarrota sempre! 1385 !
@@LexicoDislexico BRAVO 👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@xavierrealmadrid7420 Spain built modern hospitals? When my friend played basketball in Spain he got sick badly enough to be hospitalized .He joked about the chickens that ran thru it. Modern indeed
Next video Portuguese-Ottoman: War for Moon
XD
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Next video is actually: Race to the Fountain of Youth
Someone made that joke in the last video.
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Portugal-Ottoman war is just real life Age of Empires game.
Change my mind.
@Mr Seboss And Caesar was that RTS player who trows quick walls at random locations.
It’s also the campaign for the Portuguese in Aoe2
Your mind is changed. I win!
Wololo
but piri reis believes its more assassins creed revelations :)
Next: Ottoman-Portuguese war for Antarctica
The penguin jannisaries are deadly
@@memoli1524 Oh well, they always stood their ground because they knew that turning their backs would make them easy targets against the white background, that's why.
@@memoli1524 it will be penguin jannisaries vs. Conquistador seals then!!!! :P
@@memoli1524
NÖÖT NÖÖT YE SULTAN!
LOL that was my first idea too
For any language enthusiasts, 03:00
Upper script is Turkish written in Ottoman alphabet: transliterates as "Selam arkadaşlarım!" which means "Hello, my friends!"
Lower script is Indonesian written in Jawi alphabet: transliterates as "Salam saudara jauh!" which probably means "Hello, far away friends!"
Thank for the like! I love watching your documentaries!
Normal ingilizceye aldın demi otomatik oluştura basmadin
As a Malay I can confirm the translation for Jawi is accurate
@@Stryder_483 Betawian trubes in the only Malay race in Java island
As an historian and portuguese citizen i obvioulsy feel pride on these feats, but its very interesting how much is NOT taught at school, they end up only teaching a very skewed cliché view of what happened, thank you for telling both sides of the story, wins and losses.
É que é mesmo isso
Só falam na batalha de aljubarrota
@Fuck TH-cam they don´t
lndeed! We are barely thought anything compared to this, only about our victories its increadibly satisfying to learn about the full picture and what really happened. Thank you a lot for this increadible documentary
You underestimate your people! Portugal alliance with England did give them momentum on sea fares, all humans in general contributed to our advances. Although, trade as a source of an income were the main Portugal interest in sea voyages! It was indeed a turn in events for so many nations to follow scheme. Spain, Dutch and England did the same! Be proud and teach others about your own!
Yes, even in Turkey they don't say much about Indian Sea conflict.
..."was chosen for loyalty rather than talent", as soon as this line comes up, no matter the empire/nation/organisation, things are going down
That's true, but what is often overlooked is that sometimes talented generals lead rebellions. If someone is less loyal, then them being talented may endanger the country by making it more likely that the talented general may seek to gain power.
Unless it's about rome lol
@@greywolf7577 Well quality needs to be maintained. Like maintaining a good sword. If you treat your best employee like shit despite their talents and achievements then don't be shocked if they suddenly become a nuisance or move to a rival company with their experience and expertise along with them.
This is old, but yeah as another guy said talented generals lead rebellions. You need to be talented and loyal at the same time. If there's a risk of someone being disloyal, that's more dangerous than an unskilled general, as now there is risk both from the inside and the outside (he changes sides).
The EU4 in the background made me boot up the game.
Mamluk Australia Intensifies...
@@freespiritedd
Or Majapahitan California...
struggle was real for me as well but when you boot up that game, kiss goodbye to like 3 months and 1000 hours
Friend: I like the Portugese-Ottoman war.
Me after watching Kings and Generals: That's ambiguous, which one?
BASED
Ah yes the Portuguese, small nation with the most powerful naval empire in 1500s taking on empires, good old times.
amazing what technology does
@@TheMrgoodmanners yea it’s crazy to think that 1 warship right now could have ended every fleet from those ages I can’t imagine in 100 years what new warships and bombs we will have
Catherine the Great of Russia contracted a small group of Portuguese sailors to help her build her Navy.
man wtf ottoman have so many enemies than portugal not only in land but in sea too
@@think9747 no man you are wrong, Portugal was literally at war with everyone for the Spice Trade; Spain, England, Morrocco, Turkey, India, South Asia, Netherlands, Venice, Belgium, Even South African nations, many more.
Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean, in 1535, the most powerful ship in the world, the giant Portuguese galleon known as Botafogo, spearheaded the Spanish emperor Charles V's conquest of Ottoman-held Tunis, by breaking the chains protecting the harbour's entrance with its spur ram and opening fire on La Goletta with its several hundred cannons.
See Wiki for São João Baptista (galleon) and Conquest of Tunis (1535).
I wonder how many Brazilian football fans know the origin of their Botafogo football club... ;^)
400 hundred cannons, 4 or 5 floors...
They sank to the bottom of the sea in 1538
It's crazy that people watch pirate movies and see those muiltileveled ships layered with canons and have no idea it was that small forgotten country that designed them PORTUGAL
Next video - ottoman and Portuguese war for mars
Portugal would go around the Ottoman controlled moon and take mars with its space fleet.
@@manatarms7652 I don't think so. Because Ottoman just made their new *Sultan Death Star* to destroy Portuguese's entire fleet singlehandedly.
@Salamander Mike Where is your best weapon? We have *The Mightiest Sultan Death Star* (even typing the name made my fingers exhausted).
@Zidan alfahri Wait until X-Wing fleet under commander of Admiral Barbarossa ready to destroy your Jediportugese from the sky.
Great content. Congrats.
Now the turks and us are finally friends. But history is to be remember.
Please do more videos with our beloved Portugal ❤️🇵🇹🙏
19:16
It was not an "annexation" into Spain.
First of all, "Spain" didn't really exist as a political entity, they were two crowns (Castile and Aragon) and their respective kingdoms.
Portugal was inherited by the Habsburg monarch, making Portugal another of the Crowns held by that monarch.
Anexation implies the territory of Portugal became part of another crown (in this case, the Crown of Castile), this wasn't the case, the Crown of Portugal remained its own political entity, as another holding of the Habsburg monarch.
Thanks
They royally fucked us either way
Might as well have annexed us and rather than a empire in shambles we'd have a united south america and the power to repel the perfidious anglo
inb4 muh 1588
Fleets sink, they lost by the whims of the wind and the sea not because of the crown
BS Ricardo. The political centre of Habsburg was Spain and Philip II was the supreme ruler. Is time we Portuguese just accept we were dominated by Spain during 60 year (1580-1640). We don´t need to spice it up things
@@VideoDepot999
No it was not "Spain", it was the Crown of Castile, the primary title of the Habsburg monarch and the junior partner of the Union.
It is time we all stop using 21st century concepts of nationality in a 16th century context.
The people from the Crown of Aragón were not considered the same people as those from the Crown of Castile, they didn't abide the same laws and had different administrations. There was never a Spanish nationality or a Spain country until the Decrees of Nueva Planta in 1716, which merged the two crowns into a single country: Spain.
The Habsburg monarch also did NOT rule in absolutist fashion. It was a parliamentary Monarchy and its constituent crowns we governed by proxy by vice-roys, including the Crown of Portugal, which never ceased to exist.
Tem sempre de repetir a mesma merda a TODOS
Thank you for another great video. In Portugal we have a saying: “poucos mas bons”. It means “few but the best”. 👍🏻
This is really exciting for me. as I am from Lakshadweep islands of Indian Ocean, one of the stages of the war. One of my forefather was killed by Portuguese in Kalpeni island and have his tomb in our juma masjid. And my father who is a historian himself identified two gold coins belonging to Sulaiman the magnificent from one of the unidentified tombs in a local masjid in Agatti island when they were renovating some 35 yrs back and speculated to be one martyr of ottoman fleet buried there as it is Islamic tradition to bury them with their blood stained dress as an honor, so the coin in his waist belt would have been intact and to be found later in the waist area. He had the imprint of tat in his book, : Kalpeni island History, People and culture.
I've been seeing references to the Ottoman global aspirations in many historical channels, so had a hunch this was coming, more so because there wasn't much to find about it yet.
Thank you for delivering!
Empire vs empire
@adam all early access for member
That's a great title for a video game
Was the small letter e intended
You mean a, Caliphate vs empire
@@napolien1310 one is a.more superior one
Salam to Portugal from Turkey!
Um abraço desde Portugal 🙏
An often overlooked war, thanks for the documentary
My favorite part of ottoman history is how much global reach they had. It’s an unfortunately common belief that only European nations had any sort of influence outside their home region
their reach was halted by a small iberian kingdom.
@@ggkphilosophy a small Iberian kingdom that had a head start in the Indian Ocean, made tons of wealth through colonizing and enslaving people and then you have the factor that portugal's enemies at the time were basically Morocco and Ottomans, while the ottomans were up against Spain, Portugal, Safavids, Austria, Poland-Lithuania and every major European country.. So,, it's logical to lose more, but they achieved other successes though
I would say, the Ottoman Empire was mostly European Kingdom, too.
@@ismailseyam3244 Westerners say Napoleon was hard to beat cause it took 7 coalitions while calling the Ottomans weak, when in reality almost every war against the Ottomans till the mid 18th century was a coalition war, with a dozen german states, Poland Lithuania, Austria, Hungary, Russia all banding together to fight the Turks...... What's even more amazing is that, despite all of this, The Ottomans outlived all their traditional rivals - the Safavids Shahs, the Russian Tsars, the Habsburgs Emperors, The Polish Lithuanian Commonwealth, The Portuguese Monarchy.......... pretty impressive damn
@@nayeemhaider8367 That is a bad comparison given that most ottoman wars also included ottoman coalitions
Against the Muscovites and Poland-Lithuania they used their Crimean Tatar allies
Against Portugal their indian and african allies
Against the Habsburg France as their traditional european ally
And against Spain the Barbary Coast as their allies
Turks, mogols, Portuguese and Spanish,,
they deserve respect in the history of war..the beginning of the fall of the Ottoman Empire was undoubtedly the naval wars he fought with the Spanish and Portuguese
I swear that this channel fills in the blanks of all the periods in history that were too complicated to learn in a linier path...I owe you a great deal of personal thanks for making History fun to learn about!!!
I'm gonna have to say, this videos were quite biased in favor of the ottomans. The video ends with "the ottomans remained the dominant trading power in the Indian ocean" that was not the case, they were restricted to the read sea and pirating the north-eastern coast of Africa, Portugal was the dominant power hence why more ottoman-portuguese wars ensued.
Only 1,000,000 Portuguese, at that time. Small country with very big balls .. away from home and munching ottomans and friends !! They forget to mention the numbers of soldiers who made defenses and battles, because these numbers are of the greatest importance. Viva Portugal
First video of 2021 let’s go baby. I will miss the Ottoman-Portuguese wars videos as they really opened my eyes as to how far across the world these two superpowers fought each other.
Cover The Ottoman-Portuguese War for Namek.
Namek.... Like.... Salt??? (DAAAAMN that's my native language)
@@abisrizvi2621 No he meant planet Namek
@@hoozaifaansari900 Dbz reference aye......NICE.
Please??
I dont know if they've covered this but Great mehmet the II seige of constantinople
The Portuguese viceroy at the time was Martim Afonso, founder of the first permanent colony in America - São Vicente
We all know the real winners of the Ottoman-Portuguese war was that kitty in 5:05
There is an error in the video. Portugal was never annexed to Spain. There was a Dynastic Union, two countries, the same king. When Filipe III of Portugal, IV of Spain, tried to annex Portugal, it brought the Portuguese Restoration War.
well, if there has been a lengthy war to become independant, perhaps there had been an annexaxion after all...
That just theoretical Francisco. If Portugal was independent in that period (1580-1640) it would have its own king, not a spanish king.
@@VideoDepot999 that's not how it works. Having the same head of state does not make 2 nations become one. Canada, Australia and England share the same head of state, are they the same nation? Of course not. One thing to point out that is often overlooked is that Portugal was so independent firm the other kingdoms in the union that they even had different diplomatic status. For instance in the 80s war Portugal remained neutral with the Netherlands well into the union, even trading with the Netherlands while Castille was at war with them. Hardly makes sense that one nation is both at war and openly trading with another nation
@@VideoDepot999 Philip the 2nd of Spain was more Portuguese than Spanish. He was the son of Charles V Holy Roman Emperor and Isabel daughter of Manuel the 1st of Portugal. Philip the 2nd was also born not in Spain but in Flanders. So I think that Portugal had always Portuguese Kings
@@manuellopes6913 That "union" as you call started with the invasion of Portugal by Phillip II order in 1580 and the Portuguese defeat in the battle of Alcantara. The technical term for that is "conquest". Yes the Portugal had great autonomy but just to avoid rebellions. But it had to join some spanish wars and the best example is the atempt to invade England in 1588 and as you know England was traditionally a Portuguese ally. The Dutch attacked Portugal oversees considering we are a territory ruled by Spain.
My neighbor has a Portuguese Podengo, so "Ottoman-Portuguese war" immediately makes me imagine said dog getting into a fight with said neighbor's footrest.
Brilliant. Funny image.
Hahaha :D As a Turk i still can't understand why you guys call that furniture "ottoman" out of all other names you could've given it xd
@@doraorak probably some Turkish guy put his feet on a stool 500 years ago a European seen him relaxing and the rest is history
@@doraorak The same reason we refer to some American birds as "Turkeys". We like to sometimes name things after the name of countries where we have seen similar things.
@Matro25 Okay, fine. But the word "Turk" has been around for several centuries. I still think that the turkey was named because it looked similar to a bird that lived near the Turks.
"Kings and Generals" is the best channel on youtube. Change my mind....
As a Goan, I'm proud to be part of Portuguese history. One of the greatest and longest lasting empires to have existed.
Portugal may have left us politically, but they are alive in our hearts.
Somos Portuguese! 🇵🇹
E vocês no nosso! 🇵🇹
If Salazar would've been a bit more amicable in his dealings with India then perhaps things would've ended a bit more smoothly like Macau but unfortunately things had to happen the way did .
@@porothashawarma2339 In our opinion, things should never ended.
Instead of Goa ending up like Macão - peacefully semi-merging with China,
Goa could exist as French Guiana - an integral part of France
@@aldrintoscano that my friend is a pipe dream , who has power is the one who ultimately controls the land . Portugal had it 500 years ago , now they do not and so they do not have the land either . It was never their’s to begin with . This area is one of the most prized to begin with geographically , I do not see how comparing it to some poor corner of South America warrants a justification.
@@porothashawarma2339
Firstly, Portugal did not just have it 500 years ago. They had it as recently 60 years ago.
Secondly, it was theirs for over 450 years. That time frame is longer than the existence of even India (a country which is only 75 years old).
Lastly, the area of Goa and Damão and Diu only became uniquely "prized", because of the Portuguese. The Portuguese improved the land and made it better than the rest of the Konkan.
Conclusion: Goa is better than India, thanks to the Portuguese. India want to eradicate that greatness and turn Goa into an uneducated* slum, like itself.
(*I said uneducated, not illiterate)
Great video Kings and Generals. Great summary (but also good details) of a vast conflict in terms of space and time (and condensing it into the video time). Very good. I especially liked to see it more from the Ottoman point of view (and I have Portuguese origin). Maybe one of these days you'll show a little more the Portuguese perspective also and other details of these wars.Through your documentaries, it would be with the excellence of always. I have been intending to donate to the channel for a long, long time. Long before these later videos, since my curiosity was accentuated in antiquity and also in the medieval ones (and Central Asia, which I knew less, and which I had read less, as well as customs and peoples), this channel being an excellent window that I longed for to perceive them. As I am a rare case in the West of not making payments via the Internet, etc. to see if I solve this gap.
That was a great series. Please do Dutch-Portuguese wars as well!
Keep in mind, the Portuguese were microscopic in territory and population and wealth compared to the Ottoman Empire. AND, they were orders of magnitude further away. Logistics matter! The fact that their presence in the Indian Ocean survived at all is amazing.
I did see some guns of that time and they where superior technology compared to the ottomans example metal of superior quality and cannons that fire and reload faster
@@heldercardoso8552 I have always suspected a somewhat superior technology...it is the only thing that helps to explain the results of these contests. However, as I believe Stalin explained, numbers have their own quality. The Ottomans NEVER were able to effectively manage their numerical superiority.
Portugal has been established in Indian Ocean longer than Ottomans. Ottomans recently acquired ports in Indian ocean, and their main navy was in Mediterranean fighting (and winning) against catholic alliances between Spain, Venice, Genoa, Papal state and so on.
Imagine Ottomans building forts on Indian coasts and Portugal trying to take them, that would have been an impossible task.
turks knew shit about naval battles
@@Agisilaos746 Yes, they lost most naval battles. Greek? Well, you should know. Unfortunately, most Western students no longer study actual history.
I asked for this about a year ago... Thanks K&G!
Os portugueses não quebram caralho!!!!
The England-France rivalry might be challenged by the Portugal-Ottoman one
Ok, I guess I'll start a new game in eu4 as Portugal.
I would too, but I just finished one!
Play historically, rival Spain and try to conquer most Centers of Trade in Africa and the Indian ocean.
Don't just ally Spain and colonise America the whole game, that's the noob and boring way to play Portugal.
Dump those Expansion ideas and get some Maritime, Navy or Quality ideas.
@@FaithfulOfBrigantia no, colonizing op, get new world and India , win
@@endo4137
Noob, ahistorical and cringeworthy playstyle.
@@FaithfulOfBrigantia I have conquered Spain once or twice, don't feel like doing it again
Battle of Malacca (Portuguese Aceh War) pls, Kings and Generals
Yes, please.
@Salamander Mike It's a quote from the novel Dune.
Malacca empire fall by only 1000 portugese soldiers sad
There's no aceh in Malacca
I second that request
Portugal, CARALHO!!!
Still in our anthem we cheer the " Heroes of the sea,/ Noble people,/ Brave nation,/ Imortal!". Achievements like these echoes through the ages to testify these are not words of ocasion.
Very, very proud of my Portuguese ancestors, who managed to conquer and to resist against overwhelming odds!
Love from Goa.
Somos Portuguese ❤️
@@aldrintoscano greets from Portugal!
You know our current Prime Minister is descendent of people from Goa?
18:19 The port city of Mocha (Al-Makha) is where the original Mocha coffee came from. The trade of coffee beans was so lucrative and it was introduced to Turkey and the rest of the world through Yemen.
An additional comment: I think K&G, even though very accurate, as usual, You were quite generous with the Ottomans, since in total, they only gained access in the Red Sea, remaining blocked (except for rare disruptions or some military expeditions - not being intercepted in the case - and most subtle fugitive merchant trade that has ever been flowing throght out the century, but decisive), at the entrance to the Persian Gulf, much of the coast of India, between India and Ceylon and the Malacca Strait, all owned by the Portuguese. But this is relative in the discussion of historians (and about the scale of trade numbers), and we are often dominated by a Western prejudice, which is viewed as totally dominated by the Portuguese, replaced by a total dominance by the Dutch and then by the English and the British Empire (despite French and others attempts and participation. And we know it wasn't like that, as you shows us very well in the documentary.
A problem to the Ottomans: with the exception of a few galleons (despite excellent war galleys that were the heart of their navy in both seas - the galleasses were mostly in the Mediterranean) still clashed (despite their immense power in the Mediterranean and, less, but increasingly in the Red Sea and Basra), with a technological disadvantage in this confrontation in terms of armament and navigation in the high seas, Portugal had innovated for the first time in history in this scale and strengthened its means in these aspects (size and advanced shipbuilding - and mass eavy gunnery in galleons and naus (thoug with many light galleys and oarboats involved on regional armadas as support), and would increase even more in the future with other Europeans.
And the Ottomans faced many fronts (Portugal also, and concerted attacks in a geographical space, which was almost historically unprecedented, in the Indian Ocean, besides its bases under siege in North Africa (Morocco) and the corsairs in the Atlantic and west); but the Ottomans had the huge European front and the Iranian one. Although they were masters in managing peace on one side and offensive effort on the other one, depending on the moment.
@*Angelscor* Yes thanks. Great your insight on Piri Reis. I have a curiosity / or fascination for him. And about Lepanto, yes.
The Ottomans have indeed been defeated on the larger majority of occasions (or detained) in thse wars, but for the reasons I am referring to, and you, too, pointing out, and in the context I am referring to (the truth of their immense military power in the world is no way at stake, or their large achievements as K&G put well), but with some deficiencies, and in the context that we know, and that several historians point out. They even had to end up holding Yemen and the Gulf of Adem, because in the rest of the Indian Ocean, the Portuguese armadas still reigned (with the effort and long gradual weakness of cost for the Portuguese), resorting to Corso activity, the last Ottoman great resource (with all its power, problems, and many fronts). In fact, the few large military expeditions at the beginning (against Diu in India, for example) sought, and with intelligence, to avoid any Portuguese naval interception, and evacuated the siege, to any news of their proximity.
The exceptions were the attacks in the Persian Gulf, because the local coast fleets were lighter (But the presence of a galleon like St. John was enough to create chaos in the Ottoman side, as the presence of more ocean-going shpis, but mostly in open sea). And there, too, they experienced the incapacity of these attacks and a greater disaster. It looks like an incredible "feat" of Portugal (and it even is), but using rationality, this has context and an explanation. In the 17th century Portugal is much more debilitated in naval terms, much more, the long sieges no longer get maritime assistance in time (mostly), and for example, in the case of the Strait of Hormuz, it was the Safavids with the English (mostly Portuguese allies, this was an exception) to take, after a long siege (1622), as Barhain; and the Omanites , more easily (Portuguese retreat and abandon) in 1650s from Oman. It's not even more the Ottoman Empire, which has its own problems.
Any way, these are comments (constructive, I hope), and subject to criticism. I only have compliments for Kings & Generals, I think this channel - these (so many) videos, are incredible. Huge quality, in all aspects. Amazing doc. this one also.I am super grateful as a viewer. It is not being politically correct, it is having gratitude. And I've seen many more in recent times. About this, TV documentaries (rare), other than books (about the Ottomans), do not show us all the court and recources implications and its influence in military campaigns, like K&G do.
One million Portuguese are enough to conquer the world. See to believe. It is incredible that the world only now perceives and reports. Great nation, it doesn't need to be boasted, because the truth always comes out...
Love it. Awesome, accurate and well made videos.
Could you do about the Battle of Cochin (1504)? It's the most remarkable Portuguese victory in my opinion.
Thank you in advance.
Literally more than a year has passed since the last Ottoman-European wars episode. I'm really eager to see that series continued.
when algorithm is quicker than notification
Very very informative. Respect brother
As a Brazilian i really love to learn about Portugal's history, but it would be cool if you guys covered some conflicts here in Brazil, like the french invasions or the Paraguay war, much love to you, love the content!
@@Luzitanium Your nation is weaker than mine
@@Luzitanium 👏👏👏👏👌🇵🇹❤
@@Luzitanium Como se o teu país não estivesse podre de esquerdistas moderninhos e doutrinadores... Isso é um problema do mundo meu amigo.
@@mateushigino3387 Infelizmente é verdade.
A great video again. Little details always show you are doing a fantastic job. In 3:01 the writings in Arabic alphabet are actually in Turkish truly capturing the Ottoman way of writing. Hamad says; Selam Arkadaşlarım(Hello my Friends!)
Finally someone notice it!
Ottoman : we might have good chance of making money with already Islamic Indian kingdoms
Portugal : we have superior navy and good allaince , we might make big bucks outta India
British EIC : OOGGA BOOGA BENGAL , LET's TRADE
Excellent as always. What a fascinating period I knew nothing about. I love you Kings and Generals.
It is amazing to me how the small kingdom of Portugal managed to dominate the Indian Ocean and resisted the attack of the Ottoman Empire.
resisted?? dude they won
Portuguese were early in Indian Ocean, there were already many Portuguese fortresses built when Ottomans conquered Egypt and acquired ports for Indian Ocean.
lol but later on, Portugese colonies died and defeated by Mughal empire
@@jennifermathew7691 the otomans too Every empire has its downfall
@@naze2659 i am talking about india, i don't give a shit about ottomons and other European empires
I don't want filmmakers to make my documentaries, I want historians to make them >.>
You think this channel belongs to some historians or someshit? They are bunch of film makers. Their medium being youtube or means being animation doesn't make them historians.
@@utouchmytralalalalala3899 no but they are funded by dem patreon $$$ and patrons don't have a say in your script nor do you need to please them with cool flashy stories extra sensetionalized to get a wider audience. This is why the history channel died. On youtube you can just tell history. You don't have to sell it. Military history visualized for example. Deadpan austrian delivery and yet it's fascinating because he actual reads the primary sources and doesn't quote a book written based on a book based on a book based on a primary source. That sort of stuff would never exist in big flashy cinematic history channel style stuff. Too much money going to the cinematics part of the documentary and not the actual damn content
@@Newidhan
"no but they are funded by dem patreon $$$ and patrons don't have a say in your script nor do you need to please them with cool flashy stories extra sensetionalized to get a wider audience"
Oh, that's very cute and naive of you fam.
@@utouchmytralalalalala3899 yes and I'd say they are also biased on many occasions, not exactly neutral when narrating a given historical event. I've seen many of their videos on the Ottoman empire and on many occasions they don't bother telling us about Ottoman sources and most everything is brought up from a European perspective. Even stuff that appear as if they are in the Ottoman perspective aren't exactly so and are just European perceptions of the Ottoman perspective.
Love Turkey from Portugal
I LOVE THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE SERIES!!!!!! THANK YOU KINGS AND GENERALS TEAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Spain didn't annex Portugal.
They formed a union, the Iberian Union.
Both shared the same king, but in the end Portugal was still pretty much a seperate kingdom from Castile and Aragon, having its own laws, nobility, and courts.
1 King 2 Kingdoms kind of system.
@@rimlandrealist7679 If you could remain from spreading misinformation, I would appreciate it.
Battles were indeed fought, but not in the way you're imagining it.
You have to understand that the whole situation was more of an internal conflict than anything else.
Portugal was divided between those who supported Philip, and the ones who didn't.
For example, a lot of nobles and the most powerful House in Portugal, the House of Braganza, actually sided with Philip and were in favor of the Iberian Union. Some were not, which led to those conflicts. The person who wanted to contest the throne was not even supported by the Portuguese themselves.
Either way, you really should find a dictionary and search the word "annex"/"annexation".
A good example of this was the occupation of Austria during WW2.
When it came to the Iberian Union, the following condition had to be met for Portugal to join the union.
Courts of Tomar (1581) state the following:
1 - Respect all the liberties, privileges, uses, and traditions of the Portuguese Monarchy, maintaining Portugal's total sovereignty over its Kingdom and Empire;
2 - Always gather courts in Portugal and maintain all Portuguese laws;
3 - Both positions of Viceroy or Governor of Portugal should be held by Portuguese or members of the royal family;
4 - All of the foreseen positions for the Court and general administration of the Kingdom would always be filled by Portuguese;
5 - The Portuguese could also occupy public functions in Castile;
6 -
Trade with India and Guinea could only be done by the Portuguese (respecting the Treaty of Tordesillas);
7 - City and village titles could not be granted to non-Portuguese;
8 - The language in all the official documents and acts would continue to be only in Portuguese;
9 - Every year, two hundred new houses would be created (wages that were delivered to the gentlemen from the age of twelve) and the Queen should always have Portuguese noble ladies as their nobles;
10 - The crown prince, D. Diogo, would be maintained and educated in Portugal;
11 - The Castilian garrisons would be withdrawn and the royal arms of Portugal would be preserved in the currency.
So as you can see, it was not an annexation but a Union much like the United Kingdom.
The first Philips did respect Portuguese autonomy and all the conditions above. But when Philip IV tried to actually ANNEX the Kingdom of Portugal and eradicate all of the Portuguese nobility, it led to the Restauration War which Portugal won.
@@rimlandrealist7679
"You are lecturing a POrtuguese about portuguese History?"
I'm also Portuguese you dimwit. Besides, probably unlike you, I have a Master's in History that I took during my years studying at the University of Coimbra.
I never said that the Union was something everyone wanted, the people certainly were not fond of it. But like I mentioned before, a lot of Portuguese nobles were in favor of the Union. Not to mention that Philip himself was of Portuguese descent.
You were the one calling it an annexation, which is ridiculously wrong. If they annexed Portugal, they wouldn't feel the need to call it a Union and just absorb it into Castile like what happened to Galicia and Leon.
Portugal had pretty much the same status as Aragon (if not more autonomous), which was still a separate Kingdom from Castile.
People do tend to forget that Spain as we know it has only existed since the XVIII century after the War of Spanish Succession which conciliated everything in what today we know as 'Spain'.
"Idiot"
No need to get aggressive you smartass.
@@alexstudieshistory5823 stup pretending Portuguese, i know you're spanish kid
@@nativetube Claramente sou Espanhol.
Would really love to see the you guys do a video on the Battle of Cochin.
How 100 Portuguese guys beat a army of 80K :b
Keep going with the videos, good job guys.
Some corrections please, I know for non Indians, these may not seem much, but trust me, as an Indian, these mistakes really mess up the history of the subcontinent, especially in context of the Mughal expansion and wars, which due to these mistakes would make no sense. So here goes:
You have misplaced a lot of states, for example Mewar is not between Amber and the Sur Empire. Mewar was the second largest Rajput state, nestled between Jodhpur, Malwa and Gujarat.
Secondly, you have placed Bikaner in Punjab and Haryana, this Rajpit state was west of Jodhpur, not north east. .
Thirdly, in the south you have brushed off the Kerala states of Travancore and the Samudrin, the latter had been one of the main rivals of the Portuguese.
Lastly, there was no sovereign Chandella king in the north, they had been destroyed by the Delhi Sultans way back during the 13th century.
-"Ottoman general almost defeats Portugal"
-"Doesn't take a chance because of fear"
-"Gets executed and replaced"
Repeat
Why did the portuguese empire fail? Because Portugal was rule by 3 kings of spain until they get back their independence.
The Portuguese empire persisted well into 1950s. They hold Diu, Goa, and other territories in India, as well as Malacca in South East Asia for 400 years. That would be considered a successful empire, I think. If only they had the sense to unite with Brazil and not treating that territory as second class in the empire, they might have become a great power.
Portugal did well but realistically they had a small military and population compared to a superpower like the Ottomans. The fact they did as well as they did is amazing, but really they could never have kept it going once their opponents caught up.
@@ongkhuongduy3498 Brazil was a treated as equal part of the kingdom in the later years "United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves"as it was called.
When the Napoleonic France invaded Portugal the royal court moved to Brazil and lead to Brazil to experience a great progress and evolution.
Brazil independence was inevitable sooner or latter it was going to happen.
@@Toniblast Portugal to me seems like a big what if type of country. A lot scenarios look plausible and yet when you put one and one together they all look ludicrous at the same time. Imagine a maritime world domination by a coutry with a small population surownded by bigger and stronger rivals. Crazy
@@Toniblast That is true, but one of the reasons for our independence was that the portuguese back in Europe wanted to revoke Brazil's status and divide it further in order to subjugate it again to Portugal.
,Greetings to Portugese brothers ,from Greece ,we both are the example size is not everything!
That's a 100% true, greetings from Portugal
Said the man from country which was conquered and ruled by Ottomans for 400 years
Of course , Greeks and Portuguese we might have the smallest ding dongs in Europe but we do it way better .
@@misterpikes7600 what
@@eagleboy8417 you dident Conqer ,anything ,just a dying ghost ,the Byzantines just finish the reconquest of mainland from Frank's ,and still facing Albanian raid tribes in the West ,Serbs and Bulgarians ,in the North ,And Venician in several places ,just about the Time ,Zeus plan?Ottomans under the leadership of Evrenos Pasha from a A Famous Greek Family of MAsia converted to Islam ,drops the Agean and Conqer slowly all Balcans,That gave to the Greeks the think they dident have before TIME the abandoned the cities and build ,villages in the mountain s ,making no tot less that 200 conflicts against the Ottomans from 1461 to 1821 when first ..became independent in all Ottoman empire ,Google battles of Greek war of independence ,Or videos on TH-cam with title Greek Turkish naval battles or ,the one with title Greek pirates and you will enjoy it ,Happy New year now
Amazing Work
Can You Cover Next
Portugese Vs Ajuran Empire 👋🇸🇴
@@comradekenobi6908 yes Bro
InshaAllah our power will be back🇸🇴
@@salmahassan6998 sidaas ban rajaynaa 🤲
What is to tell? Portuguese bombarded and sacked all coast but failed to capture Mogadishu. A ottoman allied fleet repelled portuguese from red sea.
@@mbiga1978 are u portugese ?! its seems u burning inside
YES, the first video was so good!
Thanks for making another one.
And at the end... The Spanish "helped" the ottoman in those wars, weakening the portuguese presence in the Arabias...
Great documentary! Thank you Kings and Generals Team.
Nobody's going to mention the use of Ottoman Turkish in the speech bubbles at 2:58? Impressive attention to detail
What does it say?
@@shadmanhasan1931 The first one is in Malay written in Jawi script that says: Salam Saudara Jauh “Greetings long distance brothers” - and the second one is in Osmanlıca that says: Selam Arkadaşlarım “Greetings my fellow friends.”
@@MalayArcher Thank you! I have been searching for the speech bubble translation.Good to know you actually used Ottoman language in the video.
This was a great work
I see the world hasn't changed much in 500 years.
You shouldn't have invaded Spain.
@@Boxghost102 Nor Portugal.
It has changed,however Muslims wish to remain at eternal war with Non Muslims.
@Ahmet Sakızcı sometimes the truth does hurt.
@Ahmet Sakızcı what is Isis then.And this drama of erdogan wanting to re-establish the ottoman empire.These things are in your face,people aren't stupid
This was fantastic! Thanks, great job!
And the English left India before the Portuguese, no doubt.
@@savioblanc even the English. No colonial power would leave without being expelled.
@@naiad5043 well could have been like the handover of Macau to China, but at the time Portugal lived in a dictatorship and the Portuguese did developed a lot of Goa and today is the second most rich region of India
@@TheLocalLt true, some indians had supported the Japanese invasion and that's all. But there was still some kind of resistance starting from 1857. But I largely agree with you.
PLEASE LET THE OTTOMAN WARS CONTİNUE.
Siege of Kût-ül-amâre 🇹🇷
Siege of Plevna 🇹🇷
Siege of Kerestzes 🇹🇷
Ottoman Venetian Wars 🇹🇷
Siege of Nagykanizsa 🇹🇷
Good Luck
Kings And Generals ⚔️👑💪
+1
Fascinating and fantastic work, well done team
Wow
I relly did't know that ottman empire reach such far lands
Thanks kings and generals for your efforts
Ottomans was so powerful. Superpower, like todays' United States.
Thanks for this video!
Please more Portuguese-Ottoman wars, if there's any left!
Kim kazanmış? Bana iki taraf da kazanmış gibi geldi de
@@thenoobmaster8393 Portekizliler
@ Tamam
The Attention to details is amazing in this video,
"Khandesh" Region which is marked in Western India is where I live.
And the location is very accurate, along with the area.
Next do Ajuran (Ottoman Allies) vs the Portuguese. It will be a continuous of the African series. It’s very important war in the Horn of Africa.
The Best channel on TH-cam
Bora Reino de Portugal, rever as histórias de um passado glorioso.
Thank you for such good insight!
Ottoman Empire have Very Strong Influence In Nusantara or Modern Indonesia 🇮🇩 , Malaysia 🇲🇾 Singapore 🇸🇬 and Brunei 🇧🇳 especially In Sumatra Island and Java Island at That Time
Keep dreaming
Wow , muslim brothers
Would love and appreciate to see videos on the Sultanate of Malacca or Aceh or the Empires of the Malay Archipelego, thank you for the works and videos you have posted
main takeaway from this video: never hire your friends, always get the best man for the job
It's a recurring theme in history that still happens today
If you do that, the best man will overtake you. It might be great now that we have faceless and impersonal corporations where talent and ability will mean you get to rise to the top without any consequences but for people on political courts, this often meant lethal consequences.
Portugese: Hey, you can't be here. Pope said that this part of world is ours.
Brits, French, Dutch, Ottomans: Yeah, We don't care.
2020..Turkey is very similar to the current policy
The Treaty of Tordesillas referred only to the lands in the American continent, in Asia it was the best for the themselves. The English were long time allies of Portugal, and their first possessions in Asia were grants they got from Portugal through royal marriages. All these others you mentioned were irrelevant mavericks who left no lasting mark.
India: so who wants my spices?
Ottomans and Portuguese empire: Me
I want
Loved it ! Looking forward for the next one as always ❤️
Fun fact:
The Bahraanids were the first Indian rulers to establish diplomatic contacts with the Ottomans. Later on they were followed by the Muslim rulers of Gujarat and after them by the Mughals. The relations were also established by the Nizam of Hyderabad, Tipu Sultan of Mysore and the Nawab of Arcot, Even during the British occupation of India, there were bilatera l exchanges of diplomatic missions between India and the Ottoman Empire
Thank you , K & G .
I'm Kerala( mentioned in this video) from South India. There was a great Admiral of the King of Calicut, Kunjali Marakkar IV , he defeated the Portuguese navy at many occasions. I wish Kings and Generals made a video about him but I don't think there are any evidences left about him.
Thank you for video sir
Please make more of these videos on South East Asian history.
Sultanate of Malacca, Aceh, and the other's history are interesting.
Up @1am in Australia waiting for these new eps. Love your Work @Kings and Generals ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Proud of my Portuguese ancestors.
🇹🇷♥️🇵🇹 :)
Força Portugal!!!
Excellent and brilliant, educated, not in history books 📚
Super graphics and details.
Look forward to next one.
Portugal saved India from ottoman expansion.
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Great video... Love your videos
Can you please do the Ajuran empire vs the portugese empire the naval battle that would be interesting